2026-06-05T11:50:23Z https://yabu.me Ardour DAW https://yabu.me/npub17u7eghvxk9qrqyncwj9qqett4v0e6xq2maqwmjp9clhlyd2fzkgs8f72nf https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/417/717/011/226/250/original/375767757901e637.png https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/417/717/011/226/250/original/375767757901e637.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgwkyzykdjfard3uwxtxqm8rprcxt79hatne6az6c6cna0jkmursqzyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ezav94g4 We&#39;ve just released Ardour 9.7 with further MIDI editing improvements, a more convenient way to enable control surfaces, a brand-new vertical summary/scrollbar, and important bugfixes<br/><br/>Please see here for the full release notes:<br/><br/><a href="https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html">https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html</a> 2026-06-05T16:38:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz30nh44g6q6d4tfgq05ae6f8j2hafuyvy72h0flqgpsdnkafxe3gzyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ez4dycz0 Vertical summary was just a tad too late for inclusion into v9.5, but the next version will have this more visual vertical scrollbar for navigating the session<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/614/904/332/063/068/original/7f8800d22a036f41.png"> <br/> 2026-05-21T22:24:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvlj8ma566h9gp0epmwhgtxjls43m8u4h59pgt9n0guczvevjhgfczyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ezxy3zpw Now that we have a MIDI inspector with chords and quantization in pianoroll interfaces, why not have it in the editor? :)<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/609/365/269/151/472/original/57ce3c30595afc17.png"> <br/> 2026-05-20T22:56:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz3q0xqtwdth4tr6mghve4pm9yrvd676jcgcguz5ykadnmqvj0h9qzyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ez9cvhas The upcoming Ardour v9.3 release is going to feature easy chord insertion in pianoroll windows. You can help us improve this feature by naming &amp; adding chords. Please see here for the background information:<br/><br/><a href="https://discourse.ardour.org/t/help-ardour-by-naming-adding-chords/113178">https://discourse.ardour.org/t/help-ardour-by-naming-adding-chords/113178</a> 2026-04-13T23:10:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx4x6jw6h59u5k7ncrav228elu92rw9hnf7f9q2tluuuky0djzc4qzyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ez7na7zp Something&#39;s cooking in <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub10wtluvqmc4hpamnuhzyhdhnyhawg0p4496ce7x974tq772a68xaqvcmp63" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>PaulDavisTheFirst</span> (<span class="italic">npub10wt…mp63</span>)</a></span>&#39;s kitchen... :)<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/362/119/128/158/832/original/c5b5274477a33a92.png"> <br/> 2026-04-07T06:57:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0nqfm0l2n6r9r4pd2yew346045vk2daqwxs5vhcfl0epg2s6kz7szyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ezjn66nc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2262x3ld3g9j2tx8ply3pdgqk247tlynfcux2jzl044g0n5rhu3sqf0ft5'>nevent1q…0ft5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s the kind of feedback we&#39;d use on a landing page if we ever had one, thanks! 😆 2026-03-15T17:14:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstetk08m9vq47ampvgdwmt7ktd9vyn5mlujp9qt40tllrmt7rvfrszyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ezuf8pee If you missed our v9.0 release yesterday, here is the overview of the major changes<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEFFplnYbxA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEFFplnYbxA</a> 2026-02-06T18:00:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszt8pm2wk0yjea3u2afsdscpm8t03xkupx0ch9a63h57d3ftyv88czyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ezn907ft We&#39;ve just released Ardour 9.0 with pianoroll windows, cue recording and editing, region effects, a realtime perceptual analyzer, mixer strips importing and exporting, various quality-of-life improvements, and many more changes<br/><br/>Check out the full release notes: <a href="https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html">https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html</a> 2026-02-06T00:12:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxvnwcfa49k5560vjkm7nxaqjda3cp40mcmzpyxaykd02q8warq6szyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ez94aze4 We&#39;ve just tagged the second release candidate of Ardour 9.0 and announced strings freeze, so that translators can start their work safely.<br/><br/>Please use <a href="https://nightly.ardour.org/">https://nightly.ardour.org/</a> to download and test. Since Ardour 9.0 is not yet ready for production use, please do not package it for Linux distributions.<br/><br/>We expect to tag at least one more release candidate.<br/><br/><a href="https://discourse.ardour.org/t/development-update-9-0-rc2-tagged-string-freeze/112696/1">https://discourse.ardour.org/t/development-update-9-0-rc2-tagged-string-freeze/112696/1</a> 2025-12-20T00:00:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrgh2l7mrqchl9fhmnqdfgu8g3222s44dcgt3r7xn95utsu32rvtczyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ezsdfzz2 New in development: hold Shift, then click and drag to brush-paint notes at global quantization. Works in both the inline editor, the bottom editor panel, and the pianoroll window. Coming in Ardour 9.0 whenever it&#39;s ready. Patch by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub10wtluvqmc4hpamnuhzyhdhnyhawg0p4496ce7x974tq772a68xaqvcmp63" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>PaulDavisTheFirst</span> (<span class="italic">npub10wt…mp63</span>)</a></span><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/478/482/357/485/616/original/1686876d9eea74c7.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-11-02T05:38:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfvphf4lhe252ef4v93lrqll6qezes3jx3qhmtfqjqwrrwshe7w3czyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ezp7n5nh Mastering for different media requires extra work. Major streaming platforms have different ideas about what the perceived loudness of your music should be, and expect you to conform to them.<br/><br/>With Ardour, you don’t have to make all these adjustments manually every time you need to export a project. Instead, you can export multiple variations of a mix from presets. Let’s learn how to do that!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GY5xMNT7Ls">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GY5xMNT7Ls</a> 2025-09-04T15:13:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2zf50q6297l0w6fag96amar796938823pvf8pelcq584m4qyr9eczyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ezteymew Earlier this year, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19qau5wv4cq3lcx4se8k8mzav3dpn783njywf9r995rqy6ln8necqy9j9ad" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Robin Gareus</span> (<span class="italic">npub19qa…j9ad</span>)</a></span> gave a talk at Linux Audio Conference 2025 about Lua scripting in Ardour. Here is the video of that talk<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Seg5rbvF1C8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Seg5rbvF1C8</a> 2025-08-22T23:26:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszumlgwveaed6yngyapt5cmakfx9qhexzvl6tcaszrh6cvvh207yszyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ezuaudnv Complex sessions need organization to be manageable. You can organize tracks with color-coding and groups, but time-wise, your best tools are location markers and region markers. Here is how you can create and edit the latter<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCQXPiiZ5eo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCQXPiiZ5eo</a> 2025-05-30T14:08:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq29x8tmkv79r0dp6lg2cjlh0g26s4kxm728dq9em66x7aajymjcqzyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2eze7scan Paul Davis has just published an overview of what&#39;s likely coming in Ardour v9.0: UI rearrangement, pianoroll windows, recording in Cue, region FX, a real-time analyzer, and more <br/><br/><a href="https://discourse.ardour.org/t/whats-coming-in-ardour-9-0/111645">https://discourse.ardour.org/t/whats-coming-in-ardour-9-0/111645</a> 2025-04-06T23:01:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9xgnms7a00ad8l6k4es3lng2tlddt99hnehqxrdr59kqlhlqnllgzyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ez6t0ch9 We&#39;ve just released v8.12 with two fixes:<br/><br/>1. The fix for region lengths from v8.11 was incorrect, we implemented it differently this time.<br/><br/>2. Translation file packaging on macOS is now correct; localization should work again on that platform.<br/><br/>Download: <a href="https://community.ardour.org/download">https://community.ardour.org/download</a> 2025-03-11T23:27:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfpslxyt7k9vlcdf65tknqz3fc5jklrxm975haj2t2uq8as3ftm7qzyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ez7cfc0k We have just re-released Ardour 8.11 to fix a nasty UI localization bug. If you are interested in the arcane details, here is a write-up: <a href="https://discourse.ardour.org/t/abstraction-leakage/111341">https://discourse.ardour.org/t/abstraction-leakage/111341</a><br/><br/>Otherwise, if you are on Linux/macOS and use translated UI, head over to <a href="https://community.ardour.org/download">https://community.ardour.org/download</a> to re-download 2025-02-06T16:46:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv6ncd5f28p2j6vylxjlxljmnkjllygh628hvhxauk8p6fxa3c6lczyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ezzjf76f When you record the same instrument in the same studio and process it more or less the same way, you can avoid doing all the configuration over and over again. All you have to do to save time is create and then use a track template. Here is how you do it<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wae-H1gNrBQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wae-H1gNrBQ</a> 2025-02-05T17:08:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq6hme72tk8zwm8jl39fnkeut6l3sm9pr6a4wjyh0xw3xszptmedszyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ez2g8u2s Ardour 8.11 is out with a fix for a critical workflow-blocking bug, see here for the explanation: <a href="https://discourse.ardour.org/t/ardour-8-11-released/111325">https://discourse.ardour.org/t/ardour-8-11-released/111325</a><br/><br/>We highly recommend upgrading: <a href="https://community.ardour.org/download">https://community.ardour.org/download</a> 2025-02-03T16:54:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspa2s7pxprvlcqvgj2rrvwg0fflf40qmj4g2jv64ut2zc5q7cw7xqzyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ez4vmyau You can get quick access to a small selection of hundreds of plugins easily by adding them to your favorites. Here is how you do that<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMJogG9r6Gc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMJogG9r6Gc</a> 2025-01-29T16:03:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstck3qsdhpacfccvzv65gg00hats4npkr0jrmwur7t5s4l0ma7t7szyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ez0g0wml Complex plugins can display tens and even hundreds of controls. You might just want quick access to a couple of them to tweak while working. That&#39;s where inline mixer controls come in handy!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKl__4hJ-SY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKl__4hJ-SY</a> 2025-01-22T17:09:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfp0n3d45rsgpccg6yjv83uym0c03nfp6pc54v3vyreg2xwhsns5czyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ezlaxkw5 We will ship an updated General MIDI soundfont in Ardour 9 (whenever it&#39;s ready for release). It will sound better, but it may also sound different in some cases. Please test it and tell us what you think!<br/><br/><a href="https://discourse.ardour.org/t/general-midi-synth-update/111245">https://discourse.ardour.org/t/general-midi-synth-update/111245</a> 2025-01-19T02:24:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0d7nps9q5xhmmjrzyu3x2zr0907ngltj8lc08w3ltd8vlq8x3xrgzyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ezzspdrg Pianoroll windows and other stories from frozen hell, by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub10wtluvqmc4hpamnuhzyhdhnyhawg0p4496ce7x974tq772a68xaqvcmp63" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>PaulDavisTheFirst</span> (<span class="italic">npub10wt…mp63</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>Thread: <a href="https://discourse.ardour.org/t/for-all-the-pianoroll-freaks/111216/3">https://discourse.ardour.org/t/for-all-the-pianoroll-freaks/111216/3</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/807/139/030/286/949/original/d8b8c4440a3986bd.png"> <br/> 2025-01-11T02:13:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqlaul8fplfl7477ejl87t5zvtzhggumec6wusntq7unscs8qh88gzyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2eznxjd3h We&#39;ve just released Ardour 8.10 with a few more bugfixes. The main development branch is now switching for v9.0 development<br/><br/><a href="https://discourse.ardour.org/t/ardour-8-10-released/110856">https://discourse.ardour.org/t/ardour-8-10-released/110856</a> 2024-10-17T17:58:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2j9mgsx6vpu6cuqmlcqcmc3cd5j4l0zkdmwhgr5zh4u9xjkgjdgczyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2eznm3j84 We&#39;ve just released Ardour 8.9 with a couple of major bug fixes. Upgrading is highly recommended.<br/><br/><a href="https://discourse.ardour.org/t/ardour-8-9-released/110830">https://discourse.ardour.org/t/ardour-8-9-released/110830</a> 2024-10-09T18:52:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsra295z6pkvxau6hzqlfsvrdhqunf763tg4k32u3p65l0xu66sxuczyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ezc3dyzq We&#39;ve just released Ardour 8.8, a bugfix update to v8.7 with additional minor improvements<br/><br/><a href="https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html">https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html</a> 2024-10-03T21:54:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9fa3g55gfx7gcswvh2ryqmedjfucdhkdcsvmeng9n0fq356jm2rszyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ezp2nvy2 SInce v7, Ardour has the sound-on-sound recording mode, so here is a quick explainer for the three modes available<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNK3ket5tIk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNK3ket5tIk</a> 2024-09-25T16:33:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszac95sm4ss98wq5f6ux5rhydnez6f82n03xxjxfag7zslw4vtteqzyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ezrgkdyy We&#39;ve just released an updated build of Ardour 8.7 for macOS with a fix for greyed-out menus<br/><br/><a href="https://community.ardour.org/download">https://community.ardour.org/download</a> 2024-09-14T16:14:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0k7q6sjqt6u2sxpt6plmfmpejd236g95a5tj089jc9dptxds794qzyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ezl9wnj2 We&#39;ve just released Ardour 8.7 with track dragging, combined rulers, MIDI Scene markers, parallelized disk I/O, Novation Launchkey MK4 support, and a lot of fixes <br/><br/><a href="https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html">https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/125/701/878/459/973/original/22ec4664213ecb01.png"> <br/> 2024-09-12T17:13:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst747v7n8z56qdsk7930dgzjyp69aevc57pe5at5gxf235den4n2qzyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ez90f0tx To all the people excited about Novation Launchkey mk4, we got you covered :) Coming in the next release of Ardour with some extended support of the keyboards&#39; features<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/051/407/306/803/990/original/687b47612fb81fbd.png"> <br/> 2024-08-30T14:19:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrfzp6x4wktaqhnh2guam9aedzm527mffaqfu6dwc576sum7xp7kgzyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2eza588z6 You can control Ardour over MIDI: roll and stop transport, arm for recording, change gain/pan in tracks and busses, and do other things. Ardour ships with 50+ MIDI maps, mostly for some of the MIDI keyboards by AKAI, M-Audio, Novation, and Arturia. If there is no ready-to-use MIDI map for your particular device yet, you can create your own. Here is how you do that<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9t-ZubUGHM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9t-ZubUGHM</a> 2024-08-16T14:50:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2lrns5wmxl6tkrs9gz9j9yd7e3gdhmz2z03g99ynf07g79stgktczyrmnm9zas6c5qvqj0p6g5qr9dw43l8gcpt05pmwgyhr7lu34fy2ez2cjkm6 Ardour ships with 50+ ready-to-use MIDI maps. So if you have a supported device, you can control basic things like transport in the program from a MIDI keyboard, and it works very nearly out of the box. Here&#39;s how you can do it<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56BDrtZNhY0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56BDrtZNhY0</a> 2024-08-06T21:03:58Z